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Is kemp a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kemp is a Scrabble US word. The word kemp is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

K5E1M3P3

Is kemp a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word kemp is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

K5E1M3P3

Is kemp a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word kemp is a Words With Friends word. The word kemp is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

K5E1M4P4

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4-letter words (1 found)

KEMP,

3-letter words (1 found)

KEP,

2-letter words (3 found)

EM,ME,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from kemp according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of kemp

kemp ekmp kmep mkep emkp mekp kepm ekpm kpem pkem epkm pekm kmpe mkpe kpme pkme mpke pmke empk mepk epmk pemk mpek pmek

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word kemp. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in kemp.

Definitions and meaning of kemp

kemp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛmp/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmp

Etymology 1

From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to camp, chin.

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).

Adjective

kemp (comparative more kemp, superlative most kemp)

  1. (obsolete) Shaggy; rough.

Etymology 3

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Verb

kemp (third-person singular simple present kemps, present participle kemping, simple past and past participle kemped)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.
Derived terms
  • kemper

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A contest in work, etc.

Etymology 4

From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf.

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (obsolete) A champion; a knight.
Related terms
  • kemper

Anagrams

  • MEKP

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛmp]

Noun

kemp m inan

  1. campsite, camp

Declension

Kriol

Etymology

From English camp.

Noun

kemp

  1. camp, home (the place where one lives)

Middle English

Noun

kemp

  1. Alternative form of kempe (“fish vat”)

Source: wiktionary.org